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Webster 1913 Edition
Drugget
Drug′get
,Noun.
[F.
droguet
, prop. dim. of drogue
trash, stuff, perh, the same word as drogue
drug, but cf. also W. drwg
evil, bad, Ir. & Gael. droch
, Arm. droug
, drouk
. See 3d Drug
.] (a)
A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets.
(b)
By extension, any material used for the same purpose.
☞ The same person often serves as both pharmacist and retail seller of drugs. See the Note under
Apothecary
. Webster 1828 Edition
Drugget
DRUGGET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
drugget
drugget
English
Noun
drugget (plural druggets)
- An inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing. [from 16thc.]
- A floor covering made of drugget. [from 17thc.]
- 1904 December, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain
- This carpet was a small square drugget in the centre of the room […]
- 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter II:
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- 1904 December, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain